Re:The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote (2010)
by kube-system on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @01:51PM
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That is exactly why most hospitals are required to take sick patients. The Emergency Medical Treatment And Labor Act requires hospitals that accept Medicare (most of them) to provide (minimal) treatment to any patient that shows up.
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Re:The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote (2010)
by lotsofpulp on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @01:55PM
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That works, since the hospital is getting paid for it by society (although via health insurance companies via the now neutered individual mandate to purchase health insurance).
The important thing is the price for a hospital being able to provide highly qualified team of workers and equipment 24/7 to treat patients should not be obfuscated. It is valuable information for how many more hospitals/doctors/research/ whatever is needed and which kind of work society should incentivize people to do.